Vending-machine.



F. M. WEBER.

VENDING MACHINE. 7 APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Same-nib:

attormugo F. M. WEBER. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1909.

Patented Dec 7, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 lllllllllllllllflllllL citizen of the United States residing at Carmore particularly to the vending-of:

cards and other such articlesialthough of there is provided a rotatable holder for .a editable spring and this holder is prespecification, in whichdrawnfgs-- parts broken away to reveal more remote;

structures. Fig. 3 is a'detail a coin-controlled detent- .40

' "a basic member 1 provided with a cover 2 terior of. the machine, or the spring may be v wonnd by reversing the direction of rotation oi- .the drum 3. 0n one head ofi, the drum B A-B of Fig. 2 with'' some parts broken" Within the casing there is mounted a drum 3 A 4-5 ations-4 so spaced as to accommodate'one'or casinginclosing asuitable spring 6 'Inou'nte ITED STATES PATENT orrron.

ssen, WEBER, or cansonvrtnn, inrenronn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

VENDlING-MACHINE.

- Pat on? =0. '2', 1909.

a lication filed July 22, 1909. Serial no, 508,956.

To all whom it may. concern: r

Be it known that LFR NK M. WEBER, ,a

sonvill, in the county of anilacand State of Michigan, have"invented a new and useful Vending-Machine, of which the followingds a specification.

his invention has reference to improvements in vending machines and is directed postal.

course-some features ofthe invention may be used in connection withot-her types of vending machines.

In accordance with the present invention postal cards under the constant impulse of Figure lisa .verticalhsection on this lihe away-to reveal more remote structures; Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the illtlchl'lleTvlthn ,section through, Referring tothe drawings, there is shown which may be se1ni-cylindrical in shape and made of sheet. metal or other material.

provided with a circular series of radial parinore postal cards between them. At the eenterbf the drum there isformed a sprin on an axial arbor? which latter may be made rotatable and accessible from the extherexis'formed a circular seriesof. spaced.

teeth 8 by means of which the rotation of the drum may be prevented or arrested at any point and which are utilized for co-ac tion with suitable pawls or levers for the release of the drum to the action of its spring through'movements for predetermined dis-. stances. At one side of the drum there is secured to the casing a coin-controlled mechanism designated generally by the reference numeral 9. This coincontrolled mechanism is provided with a side plate 10 to which is I pivoted a lever 11 having at its longer end a .tooth' 12'normally in the'path of the teeth 8. This lever is urged into engagement with the teeth Sbymeans of a suitable spring 13. The other end of the lever, that is, the end remote from the tooth 8, is designated at 14 and extends a short distance beyond the pivot point of/t-he lever on the side remote from'the said tooth 12; This end 14 of the,

lower 11 is in the path of coins of proper size "introduced into a com chute 15 carried by the casing 1. I

Pivoted to the plate 10 above the lever 11 is a dog 16 having a tooth 17 at its fre end adapted to be moved between the teeth 8 in the path of said teeth. The movement of the dog 16 away fr om theteeth 8 is arrested by a stop 18 of any suitable construct-ion.

The stop 18 run be made adjustable by means of a suita le slot 19 therein and an adjusting screw 20. The reason for this adjustment will appear farther on.

Pivotedto the plate 10 so as to project through a slot 21 in'the front of the casing is a ti'iggenshaped manipulating lever'22 having a fingerpiece23 exterior to the casing and within-ea'y reach vof an operator. This trigger 22 has a portion extending above the pivot point designated at 24 and a spring 25 tends to maintain the trigger in its normal position; The other end of the triger, that is, the end on the side of the pivot '4 remote from'that engaged by the spring 925 has formed thereon. an inclined shoulder "26 adapted to engage an inserted coin and the lower edge of the'manipulating lever on triggler 22 has forined therein series of "note cs 27, The trig er. 22 on" one side of the pivot is connected dog 16.-

by a link "28 to the voted to the casing or to'tl'ie platelO as i the case may be, below the trigger 22,.is a block 29 provided on one six-file with a tooth p30 adapted to the notches jlhis block '29 adjustable in the direction of its length faith relation to its support lay means ol? a screw or bolt 31 and the end of the block remote from its support is formed into a coin-engaging linger 232 so related to the end it or the lever 1t that a coin of proper size, such as designated at 33 in Fig. 1, on be ing introduced into the coin chute 15 will gravitate until arrested by engagement at one edge with the lever end lid and at the other edge with the finger 3. A spring 34 "tends to elevate the block 29 until its tooth 30 is seated in some one of the notches 2'? in the lower edge of the manipulating trigger 22, out this spring is of such strength that the weight of a coin is sullicient to move the hloclr against the resistance of the spring until the tooth 30 is out of engagement with its particular notch 27. i

Bach rotation of the drum 3 is prevented by levcr35 having one end in the path of the teeth 8 and there maintained by a suitalole spring 36 while the other end may ex tend. into a coin guide 37 designed to direct a. coin after passing through the coin-coir trollcd mechanism into a suitable receptacle 3h. The lever 35 will hold a deposited coin tenrporarily' in i'ront of a Window 39 in the front of the-casing.

Let it he assumed that a customer desires to pru'chase a postal card, or more than one postal card, in accordance with the design of tho machinc, then a coin is introduced llll'O ll lQ coin. slot 15 and gravitates until it is stopped by engagement with the extension 1th the lever 11' and with the finger end 32 of the block 29, it being assumed that the. oin is of the proper If the coin he too small, it will pass freely between these two points and reach the receptacle 38. Assuining thatlhe coin 32-3 of proper size and has been arrested described then the wcightct' the coin willnnove the block 2. until the tooth 30 is out of engagement with the corresponding notch 27. Now the op orator inay depress the finger-hold 23 and with it; the trigger 22 about its pivot 2t. which movement .Wlll cause the shoulder 26 to he brought into engagement. with the coin tluisnniving the end 14 of the lever it roarwardly, and causing the tooth I) of the lever it to move out of engagci'nent with a tooth on the side of the drill: 1. The, spring (3 is now iron to act and the drum 3 is rotated on. the impulse of the spring 6 but the movement the trigger 22 has caused a cor-.

'cs 'ionding movement of the dog 16 and the ooth 1'? of the said dog 16 is now in the. path of one of the teeth 8 and so the drum can only rotate until a' corresponding ath 8 has engaged the tooth L? of the dog when further nn'wement ot the drum is evcnted. This movement, however, has

sod the actuation of the lever 35 about pivot/and the and at this lever which.

extends into the coin guide fl? has lifted the coin exposed at the window 39 to such an extent that the coin-will slip (ill the end of the lever and had its way into the rcccptaclc The lever as as soon as it escapes from the tooth b with which it wasengaged on the rotativc mowmcnt of the drum will move hack into its normal position before the active coin has escaped from between the lt;'\C-1. end ll and liloclr i) so that when this coin does escape, which it does by the action of the inclined shoulder 20 thereon the lover in position to arrest the coin in trout of the window at). As soon as the coin has escaped from the block it) the latter moves to its neutral position under the action of the spring 3i and the tooth will engage in the corresponding one of the notches 27 and pass from notch to notch as the pinion 22 assumcsits uoruml position under the action of the spring 25 after lwing relcz sed from pressure of the linger ot' the operator and serves to lock this trigger against further movement in the active direction until another coin is inserted.

By making the block 25) ai'ljustalile lengthwise. the active end 3; may be brought nearer to or farther from the end 14- ol the lever 11 and so the machine mar be readily adapted to coins ot dillcrcnt diameters. Since the nmvcmcnl'. ol? the trigger 22 is about. a lixcd pirot-Ll, the extent of inovcincnt oi this trigger varies with coins oi' dillerent diameters and. therefore in order to bring the dog ill with its tooth into ctivc Lll'ilgtlllltllll: with the teeth 8 both the stop its and the lllilt L'S may he made adjustable. The arrangementis such that when a compartment between two partitions at is hrought into proper position the card or cards therein contained will gravitate onto a guide plate 40 and so lind their way to the exterior ol the machine.

A hand ll made last to the casing aild closely cnil'n'acing the drum 3 in the paths of the outer edges of the cards will prevent the cards from escaping except in line with the discharge guide 40 where the drum may be discontinued.

Since it is desirable at times to :ulaptthc nun-him: to the sale oi" one or two postal cards or to a comparatively "go. number ,of postal cards, it only necessary to ad just the block 29 toward or from the lever:

end i l-lo and corrcspomlingly adjust the link 28 and dog 10 to cause the machine to respond properly to coins of dili'ercnt dian'ici'zers. For instance, the machine may be adjusted to cause the disclnirgc of one postal card at a time on the introduction of a one cent piece, or the machine may be adjusted to resporufl toe live cent piece, in which case number of postal cards, say five or six, may he placed in eachfpocket formed be- (l I. U

tween the partitions 4 so that on the opcrathe locking of postal cards will bedischarge atone time. By this means the same mechanism isad'apted for delivering difierent quantities as may be desired without th e'necesslty of any change whatsoever in the structure but only in the adjustment of parts.

What is claimed is z' 1. In a vending machine, a vending mechanism having a constant tendency tomove actively, and a coin controlled lock therefor com rising a detent lever having. one end in t e path of an inserted coin, a co-acting member acwssible from the exterior ofthe machine, and a1 sto member for the coin having means for ticking the member, accessible-fromihc exterior of themachine in inoperative position. 1

2. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled lock comprising an operating member for thevending side of the machine, a stop member for the coin (reacting with the said operating member to arrest the movementof an'inserted coin of proper size, and an operating member accessible from the exterior of the machine, said stop member and lastnamed operating member co-acting to cause of the last-named operating member in inactive position in the absence of a com of proper size in the machine.

3. In a vendin machine, a vending incchanism, and a coin controlled lock therefor comprising a lever-having one end in the path ofan inserted coin, a member accessia stop member for the coin havin ble from the exterior of the machine, and

I means for lockin the member accessible exterior o? the machine in inoperative position and having a constant tendency to the locking position, said stop member moving to the release position under the weight of an inserted coin.

4. In a vending machine, a vending mechanism having av constant tendency to move actively, and a coin-controlled lock therefor comprising a .detent lever having one end in the path of an inserted coin, a co-actin member accessible from the exterior of t e machine and provided with a series of notches,

and a stop mcmberfor the coin having a projection adapted to the notches in the member accessible from the exterior 'of the om the machine and operating to lock said member in the inoperative posltion in the absence of an inserted coin. 4

5. In a vending machine, a vending mechanism'having-a constant tendency to move actively. and a coin-controlled lock therefor comprising a detent lever having one end in the ath of an inserted coin, a co-acting mom r accessible from the exterior of the machine and provided with a series. of notches, and a stop member for thecoin having a projection adapted to the notchesthe exteriorof the machine.

ii. In a vending machine, a vending mechanlsm, and a coin-controlled lock therefor comprising two coacting members adapted to beconnccted actively through theintermediary of an insertedcoin of propersize, and an adjustable stop for the coin cosactlng with one of thelfimembers to arrest the coin and provided with means for locking the other member in inactive position in the absence of a coin and yielding to the weight of the coin to unlock said. member.

7. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled lock comprising a'member accessible from the exterior of the machine and having a normal tendency to move to inactive-posh tion, a detent lever inoperative relation to the said first-named member through the intermediary of an inserted coin, a locking dog-conaccatrad to the firstnamcd member, a coin movable to lock the first-named member in inactive position in the absence of acoin and yieldable to the Weight of a coin to release the said first named member,

and a vending mechanism having a constant tendency to move actively and controlled by the said coin look.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as A. R. NILES, Annx. B. Smonson. 

